PM once upset a king, e.g. James I

• Earl of Beaconsfield
• Powerful friend of Queen Victoria
• Former PM's diaries edited to restrict length
• Prime minister before Gladstone
• See 28-Across
• I lead, sir (anag) — British PM, d. 1881
• P.M. before Gladstone
• I’d picked up novel serial from Victorian author
• Old statesman dailies shot hugging royal

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Disraeli is a British four-part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli . It was originally featured on British network ITV . With a screenplay by David Butler , it was produced by Cecil Clarke and directed ...